11th Dec, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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Six US Medals, comprising a boxed Military Achievement Medal, an unboxed example, a Navy Achievement Medal, a Humanitarian Service Medal, a Navy Expeditionary Medal, and an Army Good Conduct Medal; a 9 Carat Gold Lapel Pin, the finial pierced with a swastika; a Collection of Various Foreign Medals, including a German War Merit Cross with Swords, second class, a 1937 Party day badge, three German copy badges, seven USSR First World War Commemorative medals and four Second World War Commemorative medals, a UN medal, a Pakistan Army, Navy and Air Force Escalation 2001-02 medal, various white metal commemorative medals and badges, two cased Cricket and Automobile plaques, boxed copy of a George Cross etc.
Sold for £110
Estimated at £120 - £180
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 11th Dec, 2024
The sale will include a large selection of Victorian, First and Second World War and Post-War medals and Civil awards, and a variety of cap and other badges, cloth insignia and helmet plates.
A good private collection offers Victorian and Edwardian military headgear and a number of scarlet tunics to local regiments including the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, the Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) and the Northumberland Fusiliers.
Edged weapons include a private collection of British Cavalry swords, alongside bayonets and fighting knives; and from a further private vendor is a good collection of antique firearms, pistols and revolvers.
The ethnographic section of the sale will see notable tribal weapons from Fiji and Australia.
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Tuesday 10th December 10am-5pm, and the morning of the sale from 8am
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